Beyond Intractability: A Free Knowledge Base on More Constructive Approaches to Destructive Conflict

Development and Conflict: Introduction
	Olympio Barbanti, who is a Brazilian economist talks about a new, 'softer,' view of development.
	Olympio Barbanti describes how development efforts have caused conflict in the Brazilian Amazon.
	Palestinian peacebuilder Mohammed Abu-Nimer suggests that dialogue is more effective if it is done in the context of development activities.

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It is not the strongest of the species that survives, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change. -- Charles Darwin

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